GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |